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Heat question

Grower-Aaron

Grower-Aaron

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hey just searching for some creative solutions for temp control in a tent. Have a 4x8x7tall tent with 1000w on a mover. Have carbon scrubber on an inline exhaust fan going thru a hood and an ac on a thermostat but still run a tad warmer than I would like with the hps bulb. Any have any creative ideas?
 
i have it in an air cooled hood all sealed up air tight, except the carbon scrubber on the end lol. What would be the advantage of the cool tube over the hood?
 
I would vote for the Air Cooled Hood over the Cool Tube Hood because of the size of the reflector. Plus you have to periodically clean the glass in the hood and I think that would be a pain if vent tubes are attached to the hood. On a air cooled hood you simply slide out the glass. My $.02
 
I have a blockbuster 6" reflector. It has a hinge on the glass so I can crack it open and windex the inside of the glass. Love it.
 
Wasn't feeling good this morning so I ate some toast and tea and went back to bed. I just got up and find my bleeping husband sound asleep on the couch. We've been running a small heater in the garage overnight, outside of the tent, because temps have been dipping pretty low. Our plants sleep from 6 pm to 6 am. We always unzip top portion of tent everyday depending on temp, some days just about a foot, other days about three feet. Tent height is 70".

Anyway, I go out to garage and I'm hit with a heat wave. Temp inside tent was 93F. Even during hottest part of summer we never got over 88F. Been two days since watering so they needed it anyway. Turned off heat source, turned on a fan to blow into tent, and gave the girls a big drink of water.

I am assuming plants, especially mature ones can survive a day of spiked heat, but still, now I know I can't be sick and go back to bed. grrrrrrrr

FYI - I do love my bleeping husband. lol
 
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insomniaczzz said:
FYI - I do love my bleeping husband. lol
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Trade him in!

I had issues today. Heat wave in my area. Normal mornings have been 45- inside grow- 78- today it was 60- and spiked to 80 outdoors resulting in 90s in my tent! AGH. I had just done insulation and more insulation and do so much work to counter the winter that IS coming.... now im installing more exhaust fans today to balance the room. Since its no longer a smaller controlled environment that im working with, adjustments are par for the course
 
Royal nugs - I do have the tent in the basement. And my intake air just gets pulled from openings in the tent. Not sure where I could get cooler air but I do like that thought train. I'll have to play around and see what I can come up with. Thanks for the advice
 
Insomniaczzz- just a thought with that heater they make these little plug in thermostats that have a cord probe you can drop in your tent. You set the dial and plug it into the wall then plug your heater into it. Kicks it on and off automatically to whatever you set it at. Works for ac too. I think they are called c.a.p. Temp.1 boxes. I run them they work great. You'll never have to worry about watching it again. They are a little pricey but they are plug and play and convenient as hell
 
Grower-Aaron said:
Insomniaczzz- just a thought with that heater they make these little plug in thermostats that have a cord probe you can drop in your tent. You set the dial and plug it into the wall then plug your heater into it. Kicks it on and off automatically to whatever you set it at. Works for ac too. I think they are called c.a.p. Temp.1 boxes. I run them they work great. You'll never have to worry about watching it again. They are a little pricey but they are plug and play and convenient as hell
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I'll have to investigate that. We have already spent a lot more money than we first anticipated, but would probably be worth it.
 
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Here is what it looks like. Like said paid for itself 100 times over in convenience
 

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Unfortunately, we live in an older house and have a problem with circuit overload. Sometimes just turning one extra fan on, will trip a breaker. Hubs has tried to work around this and make some modifications and we already have one long extension cord to another room in house just to break up the load.

I'll have him look into it and see if he thinks we should invest.
 
Grower-Aaron said:
I have the same issue lol. 1830s on the house electricity was an afterthought. They don't take much power if any FYI
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thanks, better safe than sorry. What a disaster to lose a crop so close to the finish line.. I'm sure it happens to growers, but dang, it makes me feel sick just thinking about it.
 
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